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Under Age 40? Your High Blood Pressure Is More Harmful Than You Might Imagine
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Under Age 40? Your High Blood Pressure Is More Harmful Than You Might Imagine

High blood pressure mainly affects older adults, but it can also occur earlier in life. Here’s what can happen when it occurs before age 40…

Why do I need to measure my blood pressure in both arms?
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Why do I need to measure my blood pressure in both arms?

Differences in blood pressure between arms can signal health problems, including serious ones. Here’s what you need to know.

Dementia Risk Starts Early with High Blood Pressure
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Dementia Risk Starts Early with High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a known risk factor for dementia. But at what age does the risk start? It’s earlier than you probably think. Recent research…

What’s Coffee Doing to My Blood Pressure?
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What’s Coffee Doing to My Blood Pressure?

Plenty of things can raise our blood pressure. But caffeine doesn’t affect everyone’s blood pressure the same way. Read on for details…

Surprising Foods That Lower Your Blood Pressure
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Surprising Foods That Lower Your Blood Pressure

Controlling blood pressure takes more than a daily banana. Fortunately, there are a variety of delicious foods you may never think of. Read on…

Don’t Let the New Blood Pressure Guidelines Fool You—or Your Doctor
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Don’t Let the New Blood Pressure Guidelines Fool You—or Your Doctor

New guidelines mean that 103 million American adults now have high blood pressure. That could be a recipe for over-treatment.

Reasons Why Your Blood Pressure Is Still High
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Reasons Why Your Blood Pressure Is Still High

New research shows how 100,000 lives could be saved each year... When it comes to treating serious medical conditions, you…

Meet the Real Villain of High Blood Pressure—Sugar
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Meet the Real Villain of High Blood Pressure—Sugar

When it comes to high blood pressure, Public Enemy #1 has always been salt. For years, our doctors, governments, dietary…

Tart Cherry Juice Lowers Blood Pressure
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Tart Cherry Juice Lowers Blood Pressure

Tart Montmorency cherries and their juice, already a popular natural remedy for gout, sore muscles and insomnia, may be good…

7 Little Ways to Keep Your Blood Pressure Low All Day Long
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7 Little Ways to Keep Your Blood Pressure Low All Day Long

Whether your blood pressure is normal, borderline or high, you probably think of it as a Big Number. If it’s…

Shake It Up, Baby: How to Vibrate Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure
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Shake It Up, Baby: How to Vibrate Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure

“Jiggle” machines to lose weight—those belts that vibrate around your middle while you just stand there—go back to the 19th…

The New Blood Pressure Debate: Is Lower Always Better?
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The New Blood Pressure Debate: Is Lower Always Better?

Back in September, The New York Times was nearly breathless: Lower Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Be ‘Lifesaving,’ Federal Study Says. The…

Got High Blood Pressure? Take a Nap
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Got High Blood Pressure? Take a Nap

Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure who took a 60-minute nap every day had average blood pressure readings that were…

Acupuncture Can Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Drugs…and Keep it Low
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Acupuncture Can Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Drugs…and Keep it Low

Neiguan and Jianshi. Zusanli and Shangiuxu. Don’t worry – you don’t have to remember these Chinese names for acupuncture points.…

Are Your Blood Pressure Readings Fooling You?
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Are Your Blood Pressure Readings Fooling You?

You might have “masked hypertension” When your blood pressure is taken at the doctor’s office, it is good news when…